With
family by his side, the 20-year-old Purdue University sophomore
was being treated for a puncture wound to his upper chest.
The wound was drained
and he was kept in the intensive care unit Friday at St.
Elizabeth Medical Center.
West Lafayette police
detectives are trying to piece together what happened at Nick's
Nightclub that initially put Lymon in critical but stable
condition.
His condition was
upgraded to fair Friday afternoon. No suspects had been arrested
by late Friday.
"Anyone who has any
information is urged to call us," deputy chief John Walker said.
The standout wide
receiver went to the hospital's emergency room about 2:45 a.m.
with a chest injury that he told medical staff occurred at the
West Lafayette Levee business.
Terry Lymon said his
son -- a Fort Wayne native and projected starter this fall --
was being kept under observation.
Selwyn Lymon was really
disappointed he would be missing spring football, his father
said.
Purdue football coach
Joe Tiller indicated after Friday afternoon practice that there
was the possibility that players who were at the scene might be
suspended from the team.
"Absolutely," he said.
"I just need information. I'm not trying to dance around
anything -- I don't have any information right now. I'm doing my
detective work right now."
Asked if Lymon had been
suspended, Tiller said, "I haven't talked with him. I always
talk to the player before I do the media."
Tiller added that he
expects that conversation to take place within three or four
days.
"Because I'm waiting
for him to come to my office," he said.
According to Walker,
officers had been called to a fight in the Nick's parking lot
about 2:19 a.m., where about 30 people were standing outside.
They all left without incident, he said.
Twenty-five minutes
later, officers were contacted by the hospital. It's unclear who
drove Lymon to the emergency room.
Walker declined to
further pinpoint details of Lymon's wound, explaining that the
stabbing is still under investigation. Detectives have several
witnesses that have been or will be interviewed, he said.
Nightclub owner Nick
Vukas said he did not witness the fight or stabbing. But he saw
what looked to be the beginning of an altercation just after 2
a.m. in the middle of the club, near some pool tables.
About 200 people, or
half of the club's capacity, were inside.
Doormen and "crowd
control" employees broke up the fight, and the club was closed
for the night -- about 45 minutes earlier than usual, Vukas
said.
He said he's been told
that several Boilermaker football players frequent Nick's on
Thursday nights.
Maj. Charlie Williams
of the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department said it appears at
least one other teammate was present during the stabbing.
Torri S. Williams --
who faces his own trouble after being arrested early Friday on
suspicion of driving drunk -- was identified in police records
as being with Lymon and at least one other person during the
fight, Charlie Williams said.
No further information
on his involvement was available.
Now Vukas is
considering changing his nightclub back to a billiards-only
hall, which it was before an August 2006 revamp, and adding
security measures.
Customers are not
checked for weapons before entering, he said. He has seen more
tension and fights since becoming a nightclub.
"I believe this has to
be seriously addressed," Vukas said. "It breaks my heart to see
something like this happen, for me and my staff.
"I pray that this young
man will be OK."
